Workshops
We offer a wide range of academic skills workshops delivered online and in-person on campus.
Academic Skills Workshops
Elevate your skills and knowledge with us!
This is a great place to start if you want to:
- Improve your study, research and writing skills
- Develop your IT and digital skills
- Focus on your maths and numeracy.
Workshops are added regularly, so keep checking back to see what's new!
Workshop topics
Library Welcome
Study, Research and Writing
- Academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism
- Academic writing for assessments, including:
- Assessment structure
- Critical and analytical writing
- Paraphrasing
- Constructing and deconstructing arguments
- Developing confidence in speaking
- Doing a literature review
- EndNote
- Finding information, including:
- Databases
- Journal articles
- Library Search (library catalogue)
- Reading lists
- Referencing
- Writing at a UK University
- Writing Café
IT and Digital
- Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Creating academic posters
- Creating narrated presentations
- Formatting dissertations/theses
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exams
Maths and Numeracy
- Basic Algebra
- Graduate Numerical Reasoning Tests
- Medicine Management (Drug Calculations)
- Trigonometry Refresher
Coming up...
- Starts: 29 Apr 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 29 Apr 2026, 3:00 pmVenue: Frederick Road Campus, Allerton, C811Remaining places: 0This one-hour EXAM SESSION for MOS certification takes place ON CAMPUS. At the time of booking, you must have scored over 70% in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode for your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criterion will be cancelled.
- Starts: 30 Apr 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 30 Apr 2026, 3:00 pmVenue: Frederick Road Campus, Allerton, C811Remaining places: 0This one-hour EXAM SESSION for MOS certification takes place ON CAMPUS. At the time of booking, you must have scored over 70% in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode for your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criterion will be cancelled.
- Starts: 5 May 2026, 10:00 amFinishes: 9 Jun 2026, 12:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Maxwell, Maxwell 926Remaining places: 82This 5-week course is for all international students and students whose first language is not English to build confidence in speaking in academic settings.
- Starts: 6 May 2026, 4:00 pmFinishes: 6 May 2026, 5:00 pmRemaining places: 100This workshop will introduce you to the main IT tools, resources and services you need to get started as a student at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×. This workshop will be delivered online.
- Starts: 12 May 2026, 5:00 pmFinishes: 12 May 2026, 6:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 9This is a one-hour online EXAM SESSION for MOS certification. At the time of booking, you must have scored over 70% in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode for your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criterion will be cancelled.
- Starts: 13 May 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 13 May 2026, 2:00 pmRemaining places: 51We will explore what academic information is, why it is important and how reading lists can help you find information for assessments. This workshop will be delivered online.
- Starts: 18 May 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 18 May 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 89This session will cover the basic applications of Pythagoras' Theorem, SOHCAHTOA and the Sine/Cosine rules.
- Starts: 18 May 2026, 4:00 pmFinishes: 18 May 2026, 5:00 pmThis workshop is for all international students and students whose first language is not English to learn how to interpret academic feedback and improve future work.
- Starts: 19 May 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 19 May 2026, 2:30 pmThis workshop will guide you to create clear, simple sentences, and effective compound and complex ones.
- Starts: 19 May 2026, 1:30 pmFinishes: 19 May 2026, 3:00 pmRemaining places: 4910-Week Algebra Refresher Course. Starting Tuesday 19/5/26. Follow the link for full details.